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a glut of garlic
Yesterday we got around to lifting the garlic from their growing bed – the very last area in the allotment that we can cultivate for summer crops. This shot shows the full harvest on-site, with flowering calendula growing on the … Continue reading
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Plant Alert – a new citizen science project
Plant alert is a new citizen science project aimed directly at gardeners to help spot potentially invasive species. It was launched on 1 June by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), in conjunction with Coventry University Department of … Continue reading
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PS: 3 June is World Bicycle Day!
Today marks the United Nations’ annual celebration of World Bicycle Day. We find that the best bikes have racks and baskets – all the better to carry our garden equipment to and from the plot. This is my ‘workhorse’ bike … Continue reading
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triple duty day & meeting father frog
Tuesday was another hot dry day in London, with temperatures in the mid-twenties. We’ve been speculating about the temperatures inside our growing shed. Our allotment neighbour R has a thermometer in his shed and told us on Monday that temperatures inside … Continue reading
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tapdancing tadpoles
And all of a sudden, the day, she came. And then the tadpoles had legs. Perfectly formed but infinitely tiny back legs. These ones will be toads or frogs – we hear that on newts it is the front legs … Continue reading
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forward thinking: garlic & gooseberries
There are two impending harvests that loom on the horizon: our Germidor soft-necked and Giant Garlic, and also the gooseberries. The garlic bed is sorely needed as a growing space, and we stopped watering that patch a week ago. Even … Continue reading
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ready… steady…. Jam!
It’s ‘On Your Marks!’ season in the gardens, that much is for sure. Everything’s exploding and the growing shed is near enough empty… The sole survivors in there are the seeded Thai basil, now ready to be potted-up-and-out, a tray … Continue reading
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triple duty day
Yesterday was one of those gorgeous sunny days. The morning sky was clear blue with not a cloud in sight. Full sun, hot but not too hot as there was a lovely gentle summer breeze. By the afternoon there was … Continue reading
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overnight magic
Another hot, dry day in London. The drought continues and no rain in sight for days. CNN reported it was 26°C in London today, but when we arrived it felt more like 34°C ; I had trickles of sweat running … Continue reading
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back patch veg beds – a progress report
At the end of last week I slipped out of the flat early in the morning to get a head start on a general tidy and overall assessment of the state of play in the back patch vegetable patch. This … Continue reading
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Philosophising... 